Magma accumulation rates and thermal histories of plutons of the Sierra Nevada batholith, CA

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-465

  Davis, Jesse W ^a,b   Coleman, Drew S ^a   Gracely, John T ^b   Gaschnig, Richard ^c   Stearns, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Pluton; Pluton emplacement; Sierra Nevada batholith; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BATHOLITH; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HORNBLENDE; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTON; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TITANITE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857361870     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0683-7     Document Type: Article

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